Leveraging Digital Transformation for Enhanced ESG Performance

Csilla Margit Csiszár; Bettina Hódiné Hernádi

doi:10.32976/stratfuz.2024.46

Szerzők

Csiszár Csilla Margit Miskolci Egyetem
Hódiné Hernádi Bettina Miskolci Egyetem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32976/stratfuz.2024.46

Kulcsszavak:

digital transformation, information and communication technologies (ICT), ESG, environmental sustainability

Absztrakt

Digital transformation plays an important role in achieving ESG (environmental, social and governance) goals, as modern technologies support sustainability efforts. Digital tools such as cloud computing, smart robotics and IoT enable companies to manage their resources more efficiently, reduce their environmental footprint and operate more transparently. The aim of this study is to explore how digitalisation contributes to the success of ESG strategies, in particular environmental sustainability, and how it helps companies to achieve their sustainability goals, focusing especially on Hungarian companies.

Szerző életrajzok

Csiszár Csilla Margit, Miskolci Egyetem

PhD, Associate Professor

Hódiné Hernádi Bettina , Miskolci Egyetem

Associate Lecturer

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